On Saturday, August 25, TDTrails.org will join the Tahoe Donner Forestry Department for a volunteer event to continue rerouting the trail between markers 27 and 28.

This is the same section of trail we worked on last month. It runs along the side of the old S&R property that Tahoe Donner recently purchased as a new home for the Forestry Department.

The view of Donner Lake from the downslope side of that property is spectacular. And this is also a good opportunity to take a look at the future Forestry facility.

When: 9:00 am, Saturday, August 25. The day should end by 3:30. (But you are, of course, free leave at any time.)

Where: We will meet at the current Forestry facility (14514 Northwoods Blvd.) before heading to the trail site off Teton Way.

What to Bring:

Water (plenty of it!)

Lunch and snacks (unless you plan to go home for lunch)

Hat

Sunglasses (to be used as safety shades also)

Work gloves

Sunscreen and bug spray

Long pants, and sturdy shoes (no sandals)

We will provide tools, but in the past we have sometimes had so many people show up that we have exhausted Forestry’s somewhat limited supply of equipment. So if you do have any hand tools that you would like to bring, doing so could prove very helpful.

The most useful tool you could bring is a round nose shovel. Picks, mattocks, digging bars and rock bars are also quite handy. So are pruning saws and lopping shears. And, of course, forestry and firefighting tools like McCleods and Pulaskis are especially useful.